saxificus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From saxum (“rock, stone”) + -ficus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sakˈsi.fi.kus/, [s̠äkˈs̠ɪfɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sakˈsi.fi.kus/, [säkˈsiːfikus]
Adjective edit
saxificus (feminine saxifica, neuter saxificum); first/second-declension adjective
- that turns into stone, petrifying
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | saxificus | saxifica | saxificum | saxificī | saxificae | saxifica | |
| Genitive | saxificī | saxificae | saxificī | saxificōrum | saxificārum | saxificōrum | |
| Dative | saxificō | saxificō | saxificīs | ||||
| Accusative | saxificum | saxificam | saxificum | saxificōs | saxificās | saxifica | |
| Ablative | saxificō | saxificā | saxificō | saxificīs | |||
| Vocative | saxifice | saxifica | saxificum | saxificī | saxificae | saxifica | |
References edit
- “saxificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- saxificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.